Comparison

Libstack vs Book Lawn

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Libstack

Organize your personal library, track your reading progress, and jot down notes for each book. Share your reading journey with friends and discover what they're reading.

Highlights
  • Customizable shelves
  • Quick book adding via search or camera
  • Reading progress logging
  • Personal book notes
  • Shareable reading cards
  • Friend activity and book sharing
Features
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A bookshelf you actually keep. - Shelves you arrange yourself Name your own shelves and drag books into the order you want. See them covers out, or spines lined up. Whatever you're reading sits at the front of its shelf. - Add a book in seconds Search by title, author or ISBN, or point your camera at the barcode on the back. No barcode? Photograph the cover and it finds the book. - Days that add up Read today? Mark it — the calendar fills in and your streak grows. Log where you are by page or by percent. - Notes along the way A sentence worth keeping, or your thoughts when you finish — every book holds your notes, and they're yours alone. - Your reading becomes a card Books finished, days reading, your pace, your most-read author — one library card. Share it to Stories, Photos, or anywhere else. - Read alongside friends Invite a friend by link and see what they have open right now. Browse their shelves, leave a compliment on a book they've read, and poke the ones who've gone quiet. Friendships are mutual, and only friends can see your library. - Pick up where you left off Jump straight to the book in the app you read it in, or borrow it free from your local library through Libby. Korean and English throughout. Light and dark. iPhone and iPad.

About

Book Lawn

This app provides a guilt-free way to track your reading habits without pressure or goals. Log what you read, when you read it, and visualize your progress with a growing reading garden. Features include instant logging, pausing, and detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Pressure-free reading log
  • Instant one-tap logging
  • Track reading time
  • Pause and resume timer
  • Lock Screen & Dynamic Island support
  • Detailed reading statistics
  • Home screen widget
Features
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Your daily reading grows like grass. A guilt-free reading log that records only what you read. This app focuses on quietly capturing the moments you read, without pressure, goals, or expectations. You don't need to finish a book. You don't need to read every day. Just log what you actually read, when you read it. ▶ A pressure-free reading log - One-tap instant logging for today's reading - Simple tracking by reading time - No requirement to finish a book - Miss a day? The app won't judge you ▶ Warmer Linen & Oak Design - Home, Library, Stats, and Settings use warmer linen backgrounds and oak-inspired framing. - The visual style stays calm and readable in light and dark mode. ▶ A Smoother Way to Start Reading - Start Reading begins the timer with your recent book. - Use Change Book to open the picker before starting a session. ▶ Pause When You Need - Need a break while reading? Tap 'Pause' to stop the timer and continue later with 'Resume'. - Live Activity and the Lock Screen clearly show the paused state. - The active reading control bar now presents Stop, Pause, and Resume in a calmer, easier-to-read style. ▶ Lock Screen & Dynamic Island Support - Start reading and close the app, your timer stays visible. - Easily check your elapsed reading time from the Dynamic Island or Lock Screen via Live Activities. ▶ Understand your reading in more detail The Stats tab helps you understand your reading patterns in more detail. - Weekly reading chart for the last 7 days - Total reading time for this month and month-over-month change - Top 3 most-read books - Total reading days, total reading time, streak, and number of books read - Genre-based reading analysis ▶ A Clearer Library Overview - Library filters now show book counts for All, Saved, Reading, and Finished. - It is easier to understand your library at a glance by seeing how many books are in each status. ▶ More Accurate Daily Reading Logs - Multiple sessions for the same book on the same day are now saved as separate reading logs. - When a day has multiple reading logs, Home, the lawn grid, and widgets summarize reading time more accurately. - Existing past logs that were already merged remain unchanged. The improved behavior applies to newly saved logs. ▶ More Accurate Short Reading Logs - Timer sessions under one minute are no longer saved as 0-minute logs. - Existing 0-minute logs are cleaned up automatically after updating. - Manual logs require at least one minute before they can be saved. ▶ A Clearer Library Filter - The All, Saved, Reading, and Finished Library filters now use a warm-toned selection control. - The selected state and book count for each status are easier to scan at a glance. ▶ A Library in the Order You Choose (New!) - Use the sort menu at the top right of the Library to choose Most Reading Time, Recently Added, or Title. - Your chosen order applies to All, Saved, Reading, and Finished, and is remembered when you reopen the app. - When you save a new book, the app opens the Saved tab so you can find the new book right away. ▶ Watch your reading grow Each day of reading becomes a blade of grass, slowly growing into your own book lawn. - View your reading patterns, weekly trends, and genre analysis in the Stats tab - Designed for continuity, not achievement ▶ See your reading at a glance With a home screen widget, your monthly book lawn is always visible. - Monthly calendar grid in a clean, minimal design - A quiet companion for your reading life ▶ Made for readers who - Don't want reading to feel like a task - Feel pressured by completion or streaks - Value small, everyday reading moments - Prefer calm, minimal apps This app doesn't evaluate your reading. It doesn't push goals or rewards. It simply helps your reading grow naturally, one day at a time.

Screenshots

Libstack4 screens
Book Lawn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Libstack at none against Book Lawn's shown. Libstack also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Libstack ships an update every 10 days, Book Lawn every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Libstack versus Book Lawn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibstackBook Lawn
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSounho ChungGaribong Labs

In-app purchases

None

Libstack

No in-app purchases

None

Book Lawn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Libstack free?
Libstack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Book Lawn free?
Book Lawn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Libstack or Book Lawn have ads?
Book Lawn shows ads; Libstack does not.
Which is updated more often, Libstack or Book Lawn?
Libstack ships an update every 10 days, and Book Lawn every 6 days. Most recently, Libstack was updated on October 21, 2026 and Book Lawn on October 7, 2026.

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